Elijah Wood Doesn't Want Anyone Else Playing Frodo While He's Still Alive

As franchises expand and endure, they all come to face the same issue of what happens when an iconic role is so thoroughly embodied by a character: the challenge of finding someone else to do it that’ll be accepted by fans. Patrick Stewart and Charles Xavier, Harrison Ford and Han Solo, Ian McKellen and Gandalf (and Magneto, really, so especially good luck to Marvel’s X-Men going forward), there are plenty of examples. But one such example isn’t letting you have the debate at all yet: Elijah Wood. With Wood’s legendary performance as Frodo Baggins turning 25 this year with the anniversary of Fellowship of the Ring‘s release, Wood is reflecting on his time with the character a lot lately—especially as it’s been all but confirmed that he will reprise the role once more in some capacity in the upcoming prequel/spinoff The Hunt for Gollum, marking the second time he’s redonned the hobbit feet since Lord of the Rings came to an end with Return of the King, having briefly cameoed in the Hobbit trilogy. “It hasn’t been officially announced, but at a convention last August, Ian [McKellen] sort of let the cat out of the bag,” Wood recently told the Sunday Times of his involvement in the new

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